Michelle Mundee
Lecturer
Profile
Biography
Michelle Mundee first studied Archaeology in Durham University in 2002 where she completed a BSc degree in Archaeology, focusing on bioarchaeology and medieval archaeology. She went on to study for an MSc degree in Biomolecular Archaeology, run jointly between the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield. She completed her Masters dissertation at Manchester in 2006, specializing in DNA. Michelle then returned to Durham University to complete her PhD with an AHRC funded Durham Doctoral Fellowship which was entitled: Diet and Society in Medieval Spain: New Approaches Using Stable Isotope Analysis, where she analyzed the stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen (δ13C, δ15N) in human and animal remains to explore diet between faiths, geographical locations and time periods in Medieval Spain. In 2010 Michelle took up the post of Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology in Aberdeen University, returning to focus on DNA and faunal remains. Michelle will be taking up a Lectureship in Bioarchaeology in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York in 2012.
Research
Overview
Michelle's research is driven towards the study of bioarchaeology and in particular the application of biomoelcular techniques to aid in understanding the resource base of communities and to investigate the interaction between humans and animals in past societies, with a focus on the medieval period. This includes traditional zooarchaeological analysis and the application of DNA techniques and the analysis of stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S) in archaeological bone.Research group(s)
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